Thelecythara floridana
Shell of Thelecythara floridana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Thelecythara
Species:
T. floridana
Binomial name
Thelecythara floridana
Fargo, 1953
Synonyms[1]
  • Thelecythara borroi Sarasúa, 1975
  • Thelecythara cruzensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969

Thelecythara floridana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Williams stated in 2005 that Thelecythara borroi Sarasua, 1975 was a synonym of this species[2]

Description

[edit]

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2017)

Distribution

[edit]

T. floridana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas south to Venezuela, as well as the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ Williams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2):30–31.
  3. ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
[edit]